Q 01/05

Who directed Labyrinth?

A) Jim Henson

B) Ridley Scott

C) Frank Oz

D) Terry Gilliam

Answer · why

A) Jim Henson

Jim Henson. The Muppets' creator watched it take barely half its budget in American cinemas, and it proved to be the last feature film he directed.

Q 02/05

Which member of Monty Python wrote the screenplay for Labyrinth?

A) Eric Idle

B) Terry Jones

C) Michael Palin

D) Terry Gilliam

Answer · why

B) Terry Jones

Terry Jones. He received the only screenplay credit, yet he clashed with the director over the story and later said the finished film never felt much ...

Q 03/05

Who plays Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth?

A) Mick Jagger

B) Prince

C) David Bowie

D) Sting

Answer · why

C) David Bowie

David Bowie. He took the part because the script made him laugh and he liked the idea of setting it to music, and he ended up writing five songs for t...

Q 04/05

In Labyrinth, which complaint of Sarah's makes Jareth wonder 'what your basis for comparison is'?

A) I'm so bored

B) It's not fair

C) Nobody listens

D) I hate it here

Answer · why

B) It's not fair

It's not fair. The labyrinth agrees with her: when she says it at a dead end, the door guards laugh and reply, 'That's right, it's not fair, but that'...

Q 05/05

In Labyrinth, Hoggle explains that an oubliette is a place where people are put to be what?

A) Tortured

B) Shrunk

C) Eaten

D) Forgotten

Answer · why

D) Forgotten

Forgotten. The word is a real one: a dungeon whose only opening is in the ceiling, named from the French verb oublier, to forget.

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